In the Staten Island living room of Elizabeth Meaders, right next to her couch, is a life-size wax figure of legendary baseball slugger Hank Aaron.

Elsewhere in her home, she has a pair of Muhammad Ali’s white boxing shoes, a Ku Klux Klan grand dragon robe, a wooden mantelpiece depicting…

On May 8, 1945, the second world war ended.

On April 30, 1993, Tim Berners-Lee released the source code for the world’s first web browser.

And last month, on February 2, 2022, another historic event took place.

It will change countless lives and mint countless fortunes.

Wait — did you…

Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, has his eye on a new sector.

He thinks it’s going to big.

In fact, he said it could potentially be “more significant than the vehicle business.”

Jack Ma is excited, too. Ma is the billionaire founder of Alibaba, China’s version of Amazon. He…

Last week, Wayne and I updated you on one of the biggest financial stories of the decade…

You see, new data keeps revealing that inflation is far worse than anyone was expecting. And if prices keep rising, your nest-egg could soon be worth just half what it’s worth today.

But…

Valentine’s Day is next Monday, and it sure is going to be expensive.

In the last year:

• The price of champagne has soared 18%.
• The cost of a dozen roses has jumped 22%.
• And the bill for a filet mignon dinner is up a whopping 154%.

What’s the…

Investment bank Morgan Stanley recently did something very peculiar:

It told Google to give away one of its smart speakers to everyone in America — for free.

The cost of this giveaway? About $3 billion.

For the last hundred years, CEOs from top companies have relied on Morgan Stanley not…

In 1979, when I was thirteen, I bought my first pair of expensive sneakers.

They were yellow and blue Nike Waffle Trainers, and I got them on sale for $23.77.

So imagine my surprise when I recently saw a pair of Nikes sell for — get this — $110,000.

Today,…

Editor's Note: Matt is traveling this week. So today, we’ll be re-publishing a popular article from our archives. This is a natural follow-up to Matt’s article from last week, where he introduced you to Crowdability’s “Venture Capital Fund.” Enjoy!

Two weeks before we started sheltering in place, our friend…

For the past two weeks, Wayne and I have been telling you about a unique investment.

It’s called a venture capital fund.

As we’ve explained, these funds are similar to mutual funds. But instead of investing in stocks, they invest in an asset class that’s much more profitable: startups.

Historically,…

Stripes is a New York-based venture capital firm.

And to identify the best startup investments, it uses a robot named SONAR.

SONAR’s recent wins include sneaker-maker On Running (an 1,800% return), software company Monday.com (a 2,200% return), education platform Udemy, and the list goes on and on.

Want to get…